1. Right click the Desktop and select New – Shortcut.
2. In the shortcut target box, type or copy-paste the following command:

   rasphone -d "VPN connection name"

3. Set the desired icon and name for your shortcut.

Once you do this, just click this shortcut to connect to a VPN directly. You can pop it anywhere you wish. To disconnect you can do the same but use the following instead…

rasphone -h “VPN connection name”